Li Hongyun zoomed in and focused on the situation in Prince Qin's palace.
At this time, all the counselors and generals under King Qin gathered together and were discussing how to jointly carry out important events tomorrow.
This list can be described as a bright star in this era: Yuchi Jingde, Hou Junji, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao...
Each of them is the top talent of this era. At this time, they are willing to risk being executed by their clan to jointly elect the King of Qin as emperor and change the national destiny of the entire Liang Dynasty.
Of course, King Qin was not a reckless person. Although rebellion was most likely a one-shot deal, he still left himself a way out.
While launching the coup, he also properly arranged the family records of Queen Changsun, himself and other generals. Once things fail, he can also evacuate Chang'an and go to Luoyang.
Although Chang'an was the center of power of the entire Liang Dynasty, Liang Gaozu and the prince still had greater power here. And Luoyang, a city that was conquered by the King of Qin himself and that no other forces were able to deeply intervene in, was more suitable to be the base of the King of Qin.
In fact, as the conflict between the prince and the King of Qin continued to intensify, Liang Gaozu had long had the idea of conferring the King of Qin to Luoyang to build another emperor's banner.
However, this idea was firmly opposed by the prince and the king of Qin, and was finally abandoned.
The prince objected because he felt that Chang'an was his home court. Once King Qin went to Luoyang, it would be difficult to get rid of King Qin in the future. King Qin felt that Luoyang was far away from the center of power. Once he left, the prince's position would be more stable. So he can't leave.
Once the coup failed, Luoyang naturally became the best escape route for King Qin.
Just escaping to Luoyang does not mean safety, that is the beginning of the real rebellion. Although it would not be too difficult to conquer the whole world again with King Qin's military talents and his wise ministers and generals, it would cause terrible damage to the entire country that would be difficult to reconcile.
The Central Plains could no longer withstand the flames of war sweeping the world again.
What's more, it would be morally wrong to directly raise troops to rebel and seize the throne. Therefore, it must be a possibility that King Qin does not want to see.
At this time, the King of Qin was in full swing, boosting the morale of his capable ministers and generals.
"You will follow me on my expedition to the north and south. You and I, my king and my ministers, sincerely trust each other in what will happen today. I don't need to say anything more.
"More than half of the Liang Dynasty was conquered by our monarchs and ministers. What merits does the prince have? Yet he is in a high position. Not only does he not show gratitude, but he also repeatedly alienates the relationship between my monarch and his ministers, trying to get rid of him!"
"The reason why we are raising troops today is to eliminate traitors and traitors for the country, and decide the world in one battle!
"Everyone, please follow my arrangements. Early tomorrow morning, Yuchi Jingde will go with me to Xuanwu Gate first..."
After boosting morale, King Qin began to assign tasks to these people.
During this period, Yuchi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others also put forward their own opinions and continuously optimized the entire plan.
However, seeing this, Li Hongyun couldn't help but frown slightly, vaguely realizing that something seemed wrong.
If you look at the development of the entire story, this scene is not too abrupt.
The conflict between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin was well known to everyone and had intensified to the point of being irreconcilable. Although they are brothers, it is normal for the King of Qin to hate the prince deeply.
And when the matter came to a close, with King Qin's decisiveness in killing, he should have already made up his mind.
Therefore, he made a decision in the shortest time, arranged his troops in formation, arranged for his men to perform their respective duties, and completed the Xuanwu Gate changes. This was a very reasonable development.
If you are a person who has not read relevant historical materials, you may not think there is anything wrong with this content at all.
But Li Hongyun has read historical materials.
Historical records record that before the Xuanwumen Incident actually took place, there was a scene in which "all the government officials tried to admonish the King of Qin".
The King of Qin, who had always been decisive in killing, hesitated and resisted at such a critical juncture, completely lacking his usual bravery and courage. However, his subordinates were all anxious and tried their best to persuade, and even wanted to show their hearts to the King of Qin.
After struggling like this for a long time, King Qin finally made up his mind.
So the question is, which possibility is more likely to be the historical truth?
Li Hongyun's goal is to reproduce the true history as much as possible. Although this section does not seem to have much impact on the outcome, it may affect the completion of the event and lead to failure of customs clearance.
Therefore, even if it is a seemingly unimportant detail, Li Hongyun has to consider it carefully.
After thinking for a long time, Li Hongyun turned back time slightly and let everyone perform the drama of "admonishing the King of Qin".
He did this, of course, not by copying historical data, but by making an in-depth analysis based on the situation at the time.
When many people interpret this piece of historical data, they often have two views.
The first is that there is something wrong with the historical data. If King Qin was particularly impatient at that time, it would obviously not fit in with his character as a saint who "values brotherhood and was very conflicted and struggling in his heart before he was forced to launch the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion."
Therefore, later historians deliberately made up such a plot.
The second one believes that although King Qin decided to launch the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, he did still have brotherly feelings for the prince in his heart. Although he was decisive in killing on the battlefield, it was against the enemy after all, and at this time, his target was his brother and father, so it was only natural for him to hesitate.
After all, it is difficult for an upright official to stop household chores.
Li Hongyun feels that both of these views are probably not the truth.
The King of Qin is a mature politician who is decisive in killing and should know the situation at this time better than anyone else. Therefore, being swayed by emotions, although it may be an influencing factor, is by no means the determining factor.
But this scene should have really happened.
Li Hongyun felt that there were two main reasons why King Qin did this.
The first is that the general environment at the time required him to perform such a performance.
Just like in ancient times, when a prince was offered the throne, he must decline it repeatedly to show respect for his father. And even if a powerful official usurps the throne, he has already completed the standard process of adding Jiuxi, and when he is actually elected as the emperor, he has to reject it again and again.
Like Taizu of the Qi Dynasty, he did it more fakely and wore a yellow robe. On the surface, it was said that it was all forced and not his original intention. In fact, everyone knew what was going on.
If King Qin wants to do great things, it is not so much that he lacks wisdom and courage, but that he needs strong moral support.
Of course, this is only part of the reason.
The more important reason should be a compliance test.
After all, this is rebellion, not war.
If it was just a war, then King Qin actually didn't have to worry too much about some specific aspects of the process. To deal with the enemy, he was sure that both his advisers and generals would be able to go all out.
But in the process of rebellion, how much subjective initiative these counselors and generals can exert directly determines success or failure.
If any one of them is not urgent but full of hesitation, it may become a huge irreparable hole tomorrow.
The more hesitant the King of Qin showed, the more eager and sense of crisis became stronger among his subordinates.
On the one hand, it can test the loyalty of these people, on the other hand, it can also stimulate their subjective initiative.
Soon, King Qin's goal was achieved. Not only did he get everyone's strong stance, he also got the moral support he wanted.
So after everyone's persuasion, the King of Qin ordered people to take out a tortoise shell and prepare to use divination to determine good or bad luck to bring a successful end to this struggle.
However, at this time, Zhang Gongjin, a government official, happened to come from outside and happened to see the turtle shell.
Zhang Gongjin violently grabbed the tortoise shell and smashed it to the ground: "The purpose of divination is to establish doubts. Now that the major events are beyond doubt, why bother divination! Could it be that the result of divination is very bad, King Qin, are you going to give up?"
So, the big deal was settled.
There is a saying in "Leadership Theory": The so-called leadership is a moral process in which leaders and followers reach agreement based on shared motives, values and purposes. In this process, leadership is completed when the leader uses institutional, political, psychological and other forces to inspire, attract and satisfy the motivations of followers.
The behavior of King Qin at this time perfectly confirmed this sentence.
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It was early morning on June 4, the ninth year of Takeori.
The quiet city of Chang'an has just woken up from the curfew. The residents in the city started their daily lives as usual, completely unaware that this was a day full of bloodshed that would determine the fate of the Liang Dynasty for a hundred years.
The prince and King Qi then rode out of the East Palace, passed the Xuanwu Gate, and headed to Linhu Palace.
In fact, when Zhang Jieyu informed the two of them, the King of Qi was more inclined to Zhang Jieyu's suggestion, to assemble the army on standby, excuse himself from the situation, and wait and see what would happen.
However, the prince believed that his troops had been assembled and on standby, and Chang He, who was responsible for guarding the Xuanwu Gate, was one of his own. In addition, there were forbidden troops in the palace, so the King of Qin should not dare to launch a coup in the palace.
He still insisted on entering the DPRK because he still wanted to pay attention to the development of the situation.
The King of Qin complained to Liang Gaozu that he had caused trouble in the harem. If Liang Gaozu summoned him to the court for a confrontation and he did not go, Liang Gaozu might be more suspicious and make him passive.
Obviously, King Qi is the one who understands King Qin better.
After all, he had seen King Qin behead someone on the battlefield and knew how dangerous this man was. But it is a pity that neither he nor Zhang Jieyu insisted on their opinions and failed to have enough influence on the prince.
The scenery around Linhu Palace is still beautiful, but compared to the past, it is a little more heart-warmingly quiet.
"I'm afraid something has changed!" King Qi first realized that something was wrong.
He and the prince quickly turned their horses' heads to escape, but King Qin and Yuchi Jingde who were hiding in the dark had already rushed out.
The big bow that the Turks "looked upon as a god" had been drawn open at this time. The thick arrow tip was like a shining light spot on the crescent string, and the target of the light spot was the prince.
This scene should have left deep fear in King Qi's eyes.
Because he had seen King Qin on the battlefield and knew how deadly King Qin's arrows were.
The big arrow that missed the target and penetrated the closed door had already sounded the countdown to the prince's death. While King Qin was rushing over on horseback, King Qi was also trying to draw his bow and place an arrow.
However, the King of Qi, who claimed that he "would rather go without food for three days than go without hunting for one day" and who once enjoyed shooting and hunting people in Jinyang, failed to fully draw the bow in his hand three times in a row.
The three arrows all fell to the ground ten feet away from King Qin.
King Qi lowered his head in disbelief and found that his hands were trembling slightly.
Before that, the prince and the king of Qi had planned how to kill the king of Qin countless times, but when they actually met in battle, they discovered that they had never been prepared to face the king of Qin head-on on the battlefield.
But the arrow in King Qin's hand had already left the string, and with the sound of whistling through the air, the big arrow shot into the prince's back heart and out from the front heart.
Fall on the horse.
For the prince, his death was sudden and very reasonable. He was the same as so many dead souls killed by King Qin's arrows. There was no difference between him and his noble status as prince and brother had no meaning at all in front of the arrow.
But for King Qin, when he killed his brother with his own hands, one of his biggest political enemies was eradicated, but something also left him forever.
It is said that the King of Qin in his later years once lamented: I will only be twenty-six when I die.
Obviously, directly annihilating the opponent physically has never been King Qin's first choice. He has been trying to use various methods to enhance his prestige and want Liang Gaozu to change him to the crown prince.
That way he wouldn't have to show his determination in a place like this.
But that possibility eventually disappeared.
The subsequent progress did not require much intervention by Li Hongyun, and basically all developed according to historical records.
The King of Qi was chased by Yuchi Jingde. In the panic, he was chased away and shot by his horse, but when he fled into the woods, he happened to bump into the King of Qin who fell to the ground because his horse was frightened.
So, the King of Qi grabbed the bow from the King of Qin and wanted to strangle the King of Qin, but Yuchi Jingde followed closely. King Qi hurriedly let go of King Qin and tried to escape in the direction of Wude Palace, but Yuchi Jingde quickly caught up with him and shot him to death.
At this time, the general of the East Palace had also led more than 2,000 elite troops to attack the Xuanwu Gate. However, Zhang Gongjin, who had extraordinary arm strength, withstood the heavy palace gate alone and held on for a long time.
The Xuanwu Gate Guards, who were determined to side with King Qin, also came to an end. Although two generals were killed because they were outnumbered, they withstood the situation.
Seeing that the battle at Xuanwu Gate was raging, and the generals of the East Palace began to clamor to attack the empty Qin Palace, Yuchi Jingde suddenly arrived and threw the heads of the prince and Qi Wang on the ground.
As a result, the troops in the East Palace were demoralized and fled in all directions.
Yuchi Jingde rushed to Haichi again and found Liang Gaozu who was boating with his ministers...
However, seeing this, Li Hongyun suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"etc!"
There seemed to be no problem with everything that happened in front of me. The details were consistent with historical data and common sense.
The details of the Xuanwumen Incident are recorded in historical records in great detail. Liang Taizong asked his ministers to "cut off the rhetoric and write down the facts directly." Therefore, he even rushed into the woods and was knocked down by a tree branch because his horse was frightened, and he was almost knocked down by the King of Qi with a bowstring. The details of the strangulation were also written.
Compared with those mysterious deaths in history, Liang Taizong had given these two brothers full respect and generously wrote his brother-killing incident in the history books.
But Li Hongyun still felt that something was missing.
If you look at it from historical data, you may not be able to detect it.
Because the historical records are very concise and the information is highly condensed. The main perspective focuses on the King of Qin, the Prince, Yuchi Jingde, King of Qi and others. Everything seems to be very compact and nothing is missing.
But when the specific scene appeared in front of Li Hongyun, this strange feeling gradually became stronger.
It can be clearly seen from the picture that the men on King Qin's side are all wearing armor, but neither the prince nor King Qi is wearing armor.
Because of their status, they can wear swords or bows and arrows when entering the palace, but they cannot wear armor.
Wearing armor is equal to openly treason.
Therefore, the prepared King of Qin wore armor, while the unprepared Prince and King of Qi did not wear armor.
Looking down from a high altitude, you can clearly see the structure of the entire palace.
After entering from the Xuanwu Gate in the north, there are three man-made landscape pools: Beihai, Xihai, and Nanhai, and further south is the Lakeside Hall.
Obviously, Linhu Palace got its name because of its proximity to these three landscape pools.
After passing the Linhu Palace and walking to the southeast, you will find the Ganlu Palace. To the south, past the Ganlu Gate, you will find the Liangyi Palace and the Taiji Palace. From the Ganlu Palace to the east and then south, you will find the Wude Palace that King Qi wanted to escape for his life.
In other words, the battle between the King of Qin and the Prince and King of Qi took place in a large area around Linhu Palace.
As for Haichi, it is actually right next to Linhu Palace and is the only way for the prince and King Qi to enter.
It is even possible that the prince and King Qi saw the cruise ship on the sea pool when they entered the palace. But they didn't know that their father and the ministers were above.
Therefore, after comprehensive analysis, the scene at that time should be extremely obvious.
King Qin led dozens of fully armored cavalry to ambush around the Lake Linhu Palace.
The prince and King Qi passed by the sea pool and came to Linhu Palace. At that time, Liang Gaozu and his ministers were boating on the sea pool.
Moreover, after killing the prince and the king of Qi, Yuchi Jingde directly went to see Liang Gaozu wearing armor, holding a spear, and covered in blood. However, there is no record of him being blocked by guards in the historical data.
So, why didn't the emperor notice when King Qin and the prince were fighting?
Even if the emperor didn't notice when the Xuanwu Gate first opened and King Qin entered, then when dozens of armored cavalry openly ambush near the Lake Palace, wouldn't the guards in the palace notice it?
Even if the guards didn't stop him, they should still report it to the emperor, right? After such a big incident, the emperor was still taking a cruise as if nothing had happened?
Even the shouts when the prince and King Qi were killed were earth-shattering, and even the generals of the East Palace led their men to kill Xuanwu Gate, but Liang Gaozu still knew nothing about it.
When Yuchi Jingde went to see the emperor, the journey was smooth, as if the emperor himself had no guards.
A sense of absurdity emerged in Li Hongyun's mind. He paused the scene in front of him and replayed the entire process from a bird's eye view.
Liang Gaozu disappeared inexplicably. As an emperor, he did nothing and did not even receive any news.
This is obviously unreasonable.
After all, he is still a real emperor at this time, not a puppet. Even if some people in the palace were instigated by King Qin to rebel, there must still be many people in the bodyguard who were completely loyal to him.
Li Hongyun instantly realized what Chu Ge meant when he said, "The only thing that needs attention in the historical data is Liang Gaozu."
Obviously, this is the key point that even historians dare not write about.
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